Infant s cbadle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVANUS F. BROOKS, OF YVESTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

INFANTS CRADLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,964, dated April 24, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvANUs F. BRooKs, of Weston, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a Combined CushionSettee and Cradle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1, represents a perspective view of the cradle complete showingthe canopy erected over the same. Fig. 2, shows the cradle of Fig. 1,converted into a cushioned settee or parlor stool. Fig. 3, is atransverse section taken through the settee of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the threefigures.

The object of this invention is to combine a settee or cushioned stooland .childs cradle in one and the same article of furniture in such amanner that the cradle may be transformed to an ornamental settee orvice versa, as may be desired without any additional attachment, ortroublesome manipulations.

The invention has for its object, dispensing with two separate andindispensable articles of furniture, at the same time obtaining theadvantage of either. A cradle is an article of furniture that althoughindispensable in some families at times is not always in demand and whennot in immediate use it is most in the way of any article about a house.

By my invention and novel combination the cradle can be converted into acushioned seat suitable for a parlor or sitting room and used both as anornament and a handy article of furniture and handy to have in thehouse, the expense of which will be much less than that of the twoarticles if separately purchased. The cradle when used as such will haveno appearance of a settee, nor will the settee when used as such havethe appearance of a cradle, either as a cradle or as a settee theimproved article of furniture, will present a neat and handsomeappearance.

To these ends my invention consists in constructing and ornamenting thebody and rockers of a cradle in a manner to be hereinafter described, sothat it may be used by asimple change for a neat and convenient settee,combining with the same a suitable cushion which will serve as a bedwhen the article is used for a cradle.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand my invention Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The box or body A, of the settee is formed very much in the usual mannerviZ., wider at the bottom than at the top and the sides are carved outin such a manner as to give a neat and ornamental appearance to thearticle. The top B, is made to project over the sides an inch or more orless and covered with a half round head a. At each end of the box andprojecting up from the bottom B, is placed a curved arm C, the ends ofwhich are rounded as represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 so as to conformto the bead a, of the projecting bottom B. This box when thusconstructed is supplied with a cushion D, having curtains hanging downover the sides and ends of the box. The projecting portions or arms C,C, serve to keep the ends of the cushion up in a neat rounded shape, anda still more important object viz, to prevent the cushion from slippingout of place, which it would do were these pieces not used. This forms aneat and portable article of furniture which may be made both ornamentaland useful; and if necessary castors may be attached to the bottomcorners. Now, by removing the cushion D, turning the box upside down,turning the cushion over and laying it in the bottom of the box,erecting a canopy J, over the head of the box a neat and convenientchilds cradle will be formed as represented by Fig. 1. The box may bemade of mahogany, walnut or any pretty wood carved and orna mented tosuit the fancy.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

The combined cushioned settee and cradle constructed in the manner setforth as a new article of manufacture.

SYLVANUS F. BROOKS.

lVitnesses EDWIN Hoses,

ELLA M. HOBBS.

